ΝΗΚΤΩΝ, νηκτων
NĒKTŌN, nēktōn
Sounds Like: NEEK-tohn
Translations: of swimming, of swimmers, of those who swim
From the root: ΝΗΧΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'to swim'. It refers to those who are swimming or are characterized by swimming. As a genitive plural, it indicates possession or relation to multiple individuals who are swimming.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Genitive, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3563 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΗΧΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΠΕΝΗΧΟΝΤΟ — they were swimming away, they swam away, they were escaping by swimming, they escaped by swimming
- ἘΝΗΞΑΜΕΘΑ — we swam, we floated
- ἘΠΙΝΗΞΑΣΘΑΙ — to swim upon, to swim over, to float upon, to swim
- ΝΗΚΤΑ — swimming, able to swim, that which swims
- ΝΗΧΕΤΑΙ — swims, floats, is carried by water
- ΝΗΧΟΜΕΝΟΝ — swimming, floating, one swimming, a swimmer
- ΝΗΧΩ — to swim, to be swimming
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